"Choice, the problem is choice."

May 2, 2014

Background-

Apprentice Anon leaves a partial anonymous dialog in the stacks of Cunningham Library in the hope that future researchers will discover it.

-So you'd say the appetite for food is natural?-Yes-And you would express this natural appetite differently in strange lands?-I do not understand your meaning.-In Italy, you would have a tendency to eat Italian food and in France, French cuisine.-I understand you clearly.-Much like the sexual appetite, some have a tendency to prefer blondes or brunettes.-Yes, that is true.-If one can have a preference for a brunette, can one also prefer one gender over the other gender?-We know there is an increased tendency for homosexual behavior by the digit ratio and the birth order. Science has shown that there is little choice the individual can make regarding this matter.-Yes, master, but they are tendencies only. One can choose to act on these tendencies or not to act.-We know that same sex coupling occurs in Nature, so homosexual behavior is natural. Are you suggesting that animals have reason and intentionally choose a same gender partner?-Of course not. Animals do not use reason or the mind, they only have instincts. Their instinct is to reproduce and if a few individual animals become confused some of the time, I don't believe we can draw a sweeping conclusion from these examples. Master, answer me this: do dogs hump my leg because they are temporarily confused or some other reason, when they are content to mate with females at other times.-You are a fair youth and I would suppose that in this example that they are temporarily confused.-Therefore, we must come to the reasonable conclusion that while homosexual behavior can be found in Nature, it is an aberration and we must also conclude that man, who possess reason and intellect, must choose to engage in this behavior and, by extension, this behavior must be considered an aberration also.-I understand your point and conclusion, but since man has overcome Nature, isn't it true that we are no longer bound by Nature?